A bit of eclectic for your day. The inspiration for Alice in Wonderland! Interesting that the story’s image of Alice is a matter of dispute. Obviously, it is not the illustration of the original Alice. Lewis Carroll sent a photograph of another child friend, Mary Hilton Badcock to the book’s illustrator, but whether or not the artist actually used it is cloudy. A letter Carroll wrote suggests the illustrator did not. Either way Alice Liddell had a life of adventure and helped to establish stories we know and love. Read more about her here. Alice Liddell, age 7, photographed by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) in 1860 Liddell dressed up as a beggar-maid, photographed by Lewis Carroll (1858)
Excited and thankful to be a part of VoyageATL magazine’s series: What’s the Most Important Lesson You’ve Learned Along Your Journey? The magazine’s mission is to value communities, small businesses, and artists. Mom and pops. I posted a photo of the boutique hotel we stayed in this past June in Savannah as part of a blog post. VoyageATL saw it and asked to publish it as part of a series about artists. When you click on the series page, I am lucky #13. So honored to be part of it!! “Accordingly our mission is to build a platform that fosters collaboration and support for small businesses, independent artists and entrepreneurs, local institutions and those that make our city interesting. We want to change the way people spend their money – rather than spending it with the big, cookie-cutter corporations we want them to spend their money with the independent, creative,…
Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play. If you don’t give a child food, the damage quickly becomes visible. If you don’t let a child have fresh air and play, the damage is also visible, but not so quickly. If you don’t give a child love, the damage might not be seen for some years, but it’s permanent. But if you don’t give a child art and stories and poems and music, the damage is not so easy to see. It’s there, though. Their bodies are healthy enough; they can run and jump and swim and eat hungrily and make lots of noise, as children have always done, but something is missing. It’s true that some people grow up never encountering art of any kind, and are perfectly happy and live good and valuable lives,…
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King I’m a book club veteran. What better way to hang out and talk about books you’ve read along with eating and drinking wine? ‘Course those are the best kinds of book clubs. I’ve been in ones where the members cannot agree on what to read, pick books that are entirely too long (I’m sorry I cannot read Kafka on the Shore which is 505 pages. I simply do not have that kind of time.), meet for too lengthy a session, or members don’t regularly attend. My current club is one I’ve been a member of for about 5 years. It’s a mix of moms who stay at home, work full-time, part-time, and all very involved with their kids and communities. We meet monthly on a consistent Wednesday night. Rotate hostesses and bring food and wine. Everyone is very good about showing…
https://youtu.be/S3vO8E2e6G0 My friend and I saw Rocketman this past Monday, the bio pic about Elton John. My pivotal years – middle and high school – were in the ‘80’s and I was aware of some of his story but didn’t know about his early years. Of course, then you didn’t have the internet so you couldn’t exactly deep dive into his life. My whole life has had his music in the background. The way the film intersperses his music with his story is fantastic. It’s campy at times. It is Elton John known for his duck suit, baseball uniforms, overalls, dresses, and wild outfits so you can expect this. And, his signature glasses. The glasses cover a lot of emotion in the film. Quite devastating at times. I never knew he was a child prodigy. It’s jaw dropping to learn about his childhood in more ways than one. I won’t…
